Friday, October 24, 2014

NY, NY: A helluva storm

A program to help New York City homeowners with [Oct 29, 2012's] Superstorm Sandy
home-repair efforts has made progress following an overhaul, and is
aiming to count up to 1,000 construction starts and 1,500 reimbursement
checks by the end of the year, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said
on Oct. 20.

De Blasio said there have been 727 construction starts and 878
reimbursement checks through the Build it Back program so far this year.
That’s compared to none at the start of the year, when he took office.

Heckuva job, Blassy. That only leaves 19,000 families hanging;

A report earlier this month from the city’s Department of Investigation
found that about 20,000 households applied after the program was created
in June 2013. But eight months later, no repairs or reimbursements had
been made, and some of those who had initially applied stopped taking
part.